The Triglyceride to HDL Ratio and Its Relationship to Insulin Resistance in Pre- and Postpubertal Children: Observation from the Wausau SCHOOL Project

Table 1

The correlation between TG/HDL ratio and other parameters of insulin resistance.

	TG	TC	LDL	HDL	LDL #	LDL Size	HOMA-IR	QUICKI	WH ratio	zBMI
TC	0.33^***
LDL	0.20^**	0.94^***
HDL	−0.27^***	0.28^***	0.06
LDL #	0.36^***	0.82^***	0.90^***	−0.19^**
LDL Size	−0.36^***	0.24^***	−0.18^**	−0.48^***	−0.18^**
HOMA-IR	0.27^***	−0.02	0.01	−0.28^***	0.09	−0.24^***
QUICKI	−0.38^***	−0.01	−0.04	0.37^***	−0.13	0.29^***	−0.73^***
WH ratio	0.16^*	0.12	0.11	−0.08	0.13	0.02	0.09	0.03
zBMI	0.24^***	0.08	0.07	−0.17^*	0.14^*	−0.16^*	0.25^***	−0.34^***	0.06
TG/HDL	0.92^***	0.18^**	0.13^*	−0.50^***	0.36^***	−0.54^***	0.32^***	−0.40^**	0.17^*	0.26^***

TG: triglyceride, TC: total cholesterol, LDL: low-density lipoprotein, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, LDL #: no. of LDL particles, LDL Size: Size of LDL particles, HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, QUICKI: quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, WH: waist hip, zBMI: age- and sex- corrected body mass index, TG/HDL: ratio of TG to HDL.
^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01, ^***P < 0.001.